Douglas Ashburn is chief operating officer and editor-at-large at John J. Lothian & Company, Inc.. He joined the firm in 2011 and was named to the COO position in July 2015.[1]

Ashburn, a 20-plus year veteran of the Chicago financial markets, joined JJLCO in 2011 to serve as a lead project manager for MarketsReformWiki, a database specifically dedicated to tracking and archiving of all information related to regulatory reform in the U.S., Europe and Asia.[2] He was named editor-at-large later that year, and in 2014 added vice president, business development to his title.

As COO, Ashburn oversees the day-to-day operations of JJLCO's business units, including John Lothian News, John Lothian Productions and MarketsWiki Education. He also continues to lead the company's sales and business development efforts. As editor-at-large, he continues to lead MarketsReformWiki, and he also provides original content and editorial support for the JLN Managed Futures Newsletter and other John Lothian News properties.[3]

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business, MBA, December 2010. He also worked as a TA and guest lecturer for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in economics and operations management.

Registration Information

“There’s plenty of room to grow from here; there are lots of opportunities for people to actually still write these rules and also people who can innovate. We need innovators..”~Doug Ashburn

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. For the financial industry, the implementation of Dodd-Frank would become a game changer. Doug Ashburn of John J. Lothian & Company gives an abridged history of the financial industry and touches on how regulation has impacted the global markets. Ashburn gives insight on the effects new regulation may have on the upcoming generation of business professionals, and encourages students that the industry is not just for those with business or finance degrees. Keeping with his literary theme, Ashburn concludes by saying that there are still many chapters left to be written, and there is plenty of room for more voices.